With sites like EdinburghMenus.com, it can be hard to know how much is really going on in the site by just looking at the home page. Is the site active, or does nobody ever visit and is all of the information out of date?

Since we launched the site (all those days ago) we’ve had a “recent reviews” panel on the home page. This is great as you can see immediately whether or not there is any activity on the site and it gives the visitor somewhere to go to as soon as they visit. And if the reviewer did a sketch to go with their review, something nice to look at on the front page too.

But there is more happening at EdinburghMenus.com than just restaurant and takeaway reviews (although they are the most interesting bit). People are signing up, editing business listings, adding menus and photos, adding whole new businesses and confirming that details for listings are correct. So, inspired by our favourite social networking site, the home page now has a News Feed on it, telling you who’s been doing what on the site and when.

Shy? Don’t want your reviews and site edits paraded in front of everybody on the home page? If an item in the news feed relates to something you have contributed to the site, a “Delete” link will appear beside it. Just click the link and the item will disappear from the news feed.

Remember, the site is still in active development, so if you have any suggestions for improvements to this feature, or any ideas for anything else to improve the site, please leave a comment here or send us a message!

This entry was posted on Monday, July 2nd, 2007 and is filed under development, new features.
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